On Jan 13, 2017, at 12:25 PM, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Anyone interested, I have been working on a standardized way to put simH on things, such as the Pocket CHIP. This is useful, you can make a serial connection to this or the Raspberry Pi and attach a termina on the other end. It's a safe way to demo ancient operating systems if your actual hardware is not quite ready for a full weekend of exhibiting, or you don't have peripherals. Obvious to many but some may find it useful to get into simH.
I'd note that the non-pocket CHIP is also quite good (in particular, I'd rather use a real keyboard) and quite a bit cheaper. A lot of the other super-cheap Allwinner-based boards (e.g. the $10 quad-core Orange Pi One) make great SimH hosts as well, as long as you run a decent distribution on them (like Armbian). Great write-up, Bill! - Dave